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Learn to manage what drains you and your team, so you can focus on what truly matters to you

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More Relaxed, More Effective

Learn to manage what drains you and your team, so you can focus on what truly matters to you

Join Capable Life

Our Candles and Journals have arrived!

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When the dynamics are costing too much,
we can help

When the dynamics are costing
too much, we can help

Locate contagious anxiety, relieve internal pressure, and dissolve stuck patterns
so you can thrive in the midst of it all

How We Can Help

Two Powerful Questions: 

What Drives You? 
 What Drives You Nuts?

You serve because
you want to make a difference.
You don’t mind sacrificing for the cause.
You don’t mind the hard.

But the internal pressure, the struggle to relax, the relational tension, the difficulty behaviors of others…
that is where we come in.

We equip you with skills and tools
to manage internal pressures and triggers. We show you how to manage relational dynamics.  Then we help you do the same for your people.  

We give you your first love back.
Your passion back.
‘The reason I got into this before all the relational junk got in the way’

Join Capable Life

Two Powerful Questions: 

What Drives You?  What Drives You Nuts?

You serve because you want to make a difference.
You don’t mind sacrificing for the cause.
You don’t mind the hard.

But the internal pressure, the struggle to relax, the relational tension,
the difficult behaviors of others…
that is where we come in.

We equip you with skills and tools to manage internal pressures and triggers.
We show you how to manage relational dynamics.  
Then we help you do the same for your people.  

We give you your first love back. Your passion back.
‘The reason I got into this before all the relational junk got in the way’

Join Capable Life

How We Can Help:

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Imagine Leading with Peace and Purpose Again

- You respond instead of react
- You feel confident, not drained 
- Your team is healthier, your impact is greater
- You enjoy the mission again

Trusted by 70,000+ Leaders In 41+ Countries

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Capable Life is fundamentally transforming my approach to ministry and to myself. It has helped me notice what’s going on inside of me, tune in to God’s presence with me, identify and turn from false beliefs within me, and actually be present for others—the very essence of my calling. I am a much better pastor because of Steve and his team. I highly recommend you join Capable Life!

Matthew Hoskinson

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The Capable Life community has been a great addition to my support system. I look forward to the monthly Zoom meetings, masterclasses, and seeing new video modules pop up in my feed. The greatest asset has been the ability to name the relational dynamics I am facing. This all has added up to a less anxious presence (at least internally).

Ryan Wood

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This experience has been life-changing for me! It’s so applicable and speaks right to my heart. I still have so much to learn and I cannot wait!

Amber B

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Our staff had an overwhelmingly positive response because Steve shares his own stories, he makes it fun and Steve helps us process the concepts – helping us name sources of anxiety and ways we can identify and manage it.

Marvin Williams

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Capable Life is an accessible and practical approach to understanding life and leadership through the lens of family systems. Applying its principles in relationships at home and work will lead to less conflict, healthier relationships, and deeper satisfaction. It has especially helped me lead and manage my organization more effectively in this season of COVID.

Jim Johnson

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This content is gold. I go back to the modules again and again — and glean new insights each time.

It helps me be less anxious and more present to my coaching clients.

Sylvia Lawrence

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Capable Life has helped me experience the life-changing power of the Gospel in ways that I had previously lead others to sing about (as a worship pastor) but didn’t always experience personally.
The tools and training available have helped me apply God’s Word in my life and it’s been transformative. I live day-to-day closer to Jesus, and in more of His freedom. The result has been more ministry effectiveness but also more life-giving refreshment in Jesus.

James Parker

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What is Capable Life About?

Meet Steve

Steve Cuss spent 20+ years leading churches and training mission-driven leaders. He created Capable Life to help you stay grounded in anxious moments and lead with courage and peace

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What Kind of Results Can You Expect?

- Pinpoint who is generating anxiety and who is carrying it. 
   Help everyone take responsibility.
- Break long standing habits and patterns that wear everyone down. 
- Manage your own false needs, triggers, and inner critic that cost you too much.
- Train your body to believe what your head believes and relax into God’s presence.
- Deep connection and presence in the most broken and intense situations.
- Cultivate life-giving habits, increase your laughter and gratitude quotient, get your vocational joy back.

What is the Capable Life Community?

The Capable Life Community is a guided space created by Steve and Lisa Cuss, where you learn clinical, biblical, and practical skills for managing anxiety, pressure, and relational dynamics—at a human-sized pace.

How It Works

Capable Life includes clear, linear learning paths that equip you with core, transferable skills you can use immediately. 

  • Each course is made up of brief videos (10–15 minutes) designed to fit into real life
  • You’ll learn how to notice, name, and diffuse reactivity patterns in yourself and in the people you lead
  • Courses include guided journals, milestones to track progress, and clear PDF summaries with key action points

Ongoing Support (Without Pressure)

You’re not meant to do this alone—or all at once.

  • Live Zooms led by Steve and Lisa Cuss, along with trained coaches and facilitators
  • Twice-monthly Q&A Zooms with a coach
  • A weekly member-only reflection, including personal updates from Steve
  • A private discussion forum to ask questions and connect with others (no social media required)

Come live when you can. Watch replays when you can’t.

Tools to Help You Apply What You’re Learning

Beyond the core courses, you’ll have access to:

  • A growing library of application videos, masterclasses, and practical teachings
  • An AI tool trained exclusively on Capable Life content that helps you search, reflect, and apply the tools—including timestamped search across the video library
  • A global community of leaders you can engage with through Zooms or the forum

Everything is designed to help you practice with less reactivity and greater presence in real life.

Frequently asked questions

Some of our members are very active - they watch a lot of our courses and join all our zooms. They would dedicated 30 - 90 mins per week on average.

Most of our members use us as a reference library with available coaching. They sort of pull us off the shelf when they need us. They either watch a video, use our AI to research or join an upcoming zoom to get help with a case.

A few times per year, we encourage members to go through a course together and we offer weekly zooms during those times. It is a lot of fun, and very beneficial, to all be working the same skills together. These runs usually last 4 - 6 weeks and include  a weekly zoom with Steve, Lisa, Jimmy or one of our coaches.

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